This is a sponsored post in partnership with ALDI. All opinions are my own.

It's just about time to go back to school which of course means it's also time to start making school lunches again. But don't fear, I always have your back and I want to help you start the school year off on a fun and healthy note. Today, with the help of ALDI, I'm going to show you how to make a teddy bear back-to-school lunch for your kids.

Every kid loves a teddy bear sandwich and this one comes with lots of love because of the sides of heart shaped strawberries, baby carrots, and hummus. If you want your children to eat more veggies, I always recommend including a dip. There are many flavors of hummus at ALDI so the trick is to find your kid's favorite before they take it to school for lunch. Then you won't have to worry about them coming back with it after the school day is done.

In fact, ALDI is one of our family's favorite stores because they have such great quality groceries, and lunchboxes, at fantastic prices. So it has never been easier to pack your kids healthy lunches for school. To make this recipe, first head to ALDI to check out their back-to-school essentials, then make my easy lunch recipe below! These amazing lunchboxes are available starting July 31st for a limited time only.

A Party For The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! Book by Mo Willems!

This is a sponsored post in partnership with Disney Books. All opinions are my own.

My family are huge fans of The Pigeon Books series by Mo Willems, and you know that we love back-to-school time too. So when we found out that Mo Willems' new book, The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!, was coming out ahead of the new school year, we had to celebrate. We came up with ideas like The Pigeon cupcakes and The Pigeon lunch box notes. If you want some back-to-school ideas for your young family, then keep reading!

Stranger Things Eleven Sugar Sprinkle Art

Who's your favorite Stranger Things character? I made this Stranger Things Eleven sugar sprinkle art because I've been a fan of the Netflix show ever since the beginning! As an 80's kid there are so many retro references that I love, but the story itself is amazing. Check out the video below!

A Horse Cookies Recipe to Celebrate Progress on Our Family Goal!

This is a sponsored post in partnership with Chase Freedom Unlimited. all opinions are my own.

Last month I revealed how our family goal this year was to spend more time traveling together. Not only have we already started working towards that goal, but we are celebrating taking our first trip together! For my son's 9th birthday we headed off down the road to Dallas, Texas. I will talk more about that in a minute, but first I want to share about how we celebrated after the trip.

The birthday trip was amazing, so amazing in fact that we did something that we've never done before. We made some fun cookie art as a family to talk about how the trip went, and what our kids' favorite parts were. You see, part of what spurred this goal on was realizing how important it is to experience moments together. So, we thought, why JUST experience the moments, when we could take time to celebrate them as well? That is where the idea of the horse cookies came from. They will forever be linked with our trip to Dallas. If you want to make horse cookies with your family, keep reading to the end!